But it WAS supposed to be Bloodlines 2. It was GOING to be Bloodlines 2. It suffered a development hell for the ages, and changing the name near release would do nothing but hurt sales. (But perhaps garner some good will for Paradox. Although they don’t seem to be in that business these days)
Maybe don’t call it a sequel to a beloved RPG if you remove all the RPG elements from it. It just sours the fans you are trying to grab.
The studio that made it pushed so hard to not call it VM 2 for that very reason…
If they were honest about what it was, and it priced accordingly, it would have been received much better
But it WAS supposed to be Bloodlines 2. It was GOING to be Bloodlines 2. It suffered a development hell for the ages, and changing the name near release would do nothing but hurt sales. (But perhaps garner some good will for Paradox. Although they don’t seem to be in that business these days)
If you crack out a game of checkers after spending all night inviting people to play chess, expect angry people.